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Jul 5, 2023
Koreshan State Park: Estero, Florida
Founded in 1894 by Dr. Cyrus Teed, an unconventional physician from Utica, New York, graduate of the Eclectic Medical College of New...
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Sep 6, 2021
Lakeview Cemetery: Vermont
Lakeview Cemetery is a burial ground located off of North Avenue in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont. The cemetery was created in...
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Aug 20, 2021
Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard: Waterbury, Vermont
I just returned from my visit to Waterbury, Vermont to pay my respects to the graveyard of discontinued flavors of Ben & Jerry's ice...
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Jun 10, 2021
Mary Brickell Park: Miami, Florida
This park is located at 501 Brickell Avenue Visiting Brickell park last week, it sure was crazy seeing this mausoleum just sitting there...
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Jun 10, 2021
Elena Hoyos: Key West Cemetery
This is the headstone of Otto Bethel (1876-1950). He is one of the men tasked with hiding the body of Elena Hoyos in the Key West...
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Jun 10, 2021
Higgs Beach African Cemetery: Key West, Florida
This was located right next door to the West Martello Fort. The fort was pretty cool to visit. Really nice gardens and a great place to...
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Jun 10, 2021
Jupiter Lighthouse Cemetery: Jupiter, Florida
Right to the left of the Jupiter Lighthouse, next to the Caretaker cottage, sits a little cemetery. You just walk down this little path...
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Jun 1, 2021
Gracie Watson: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah Georgia
There once was a little girl named Gracie Watson. She was born in 1883. Her parents managed a luxury hotel in Savannah Georgia. She was...
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May 24, 2021
Big Coppitt Key Cemetery
Hiding in the bushes, out in the scrub behind the Big Coppitt Key Cemetery, is this lovely lady. I just love her!
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May 24, 2021
Leslie Nielson: Fort Lauderdale
Airplane! star Leslie Nielson lies buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. You can sit on the bench and rest with...
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May 19, 2021
Carrie Miller: Miami City Cemetery 1865-1926
Carrie was much loved and adored by her husband. After her death, William Miller placed his wife’s body into the burial chamber – still...
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May 19, 2021
Julia Tuttle: Mother of Miami, Miami City Cemetery
In 1890, when her father died and left her his land in Florida, she sold her home in Cleveland, Ohio and relocated to Biscayne Bay....
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May 19, 2021
WALTER SAYERS LIGHTBOURN 1861-1906 Key West Cemetery
Walter's father came to Key West from Turks Island, of the Bahamas. Walter was reared in Key West and at 15 decided to learn the art of...
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May 19, 2021
William M. Burdine- Miami City Cemetery (1843-1911)
William was a Confederate army officer born in Mississippi. The Burdines story began at a Miami trading post in 1898. In 1897, Henry...
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Oct 22, 2020
THE GRAVE OF EVA MONROE: COCONUT GROVE, MIAMI
Ralph Middleton Munroe (April 3, 1851 – August 20, 1933) was an American yacht designer and early resident of Coconut Grove in south...
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Oct 20, 2020
LIBERTY & MINERVA/GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
The Statue of Liberty, with her right arm upraised saluting Battle Hill across the Harbor and then Minerva, with her left arm upraised,...
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Oct 13, 2020
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
If you travel to old cemeteries like I do, it is worth noting the Woodmen of The World statues and what they mean. It is pretty well...
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